FCC's Broadband Advisory Committee’s Needs More State and Local Representation

The Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's (BDAC) membership -- and, therefore, the recommendations and discussion drafts currently under consideration -- do not reflect balanced viewpoints between industry and state and local interests. Previous efforts to meaningfully engage state and local members have been ignored or actively discouraged. Therefore, the FCC should allow for a greater number of elected state legislators on the BDAC. Additionally, the FCC has not effectively used the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC), as a key conduit to state and local governments, to discuss wireless, wireline or 5G deployment. IAC’s purpose is to facilitate intergovernmental dialogue and provide greater and more meaningful consideration of the viewpoints and experiences of state legislators as it relates to our changing communications landscape. We respectfully request that you meet with the IAC and allow the advisory committee to offer meaningful input into the Commission’s decision making process. Should the FCC use the BDAC state model code and removing state and local regulatory